As the Trump administration moves to squeeze immigrant healthcare workers with punishing new fees, Rep. Yvette Clarke is fighting back—and the Caribbean has a direct stake in the outcome.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, March 19. 2026 - Calvin G. Brown |They built America's hospitals. They staffed its emergency rooms through COVID-19, through flu seasons and pandemics, through the long, understaffed nights that no domestic workforce could fill alone. And now, the United States government wants to charge them $100,000 for the privilege of staying.